Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bight"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bight \Bight\ (b[imac]t), n. [OE. bi[yogh]t a bending; cf. Sw. &
Dan. bugt bend, bay; fr. AS. byht, fr. b[=u]gan. [root]88.
Cf. {Bout}, {Bought} a bend, and see {Bow}, v.]
1. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a
horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
2. (Geog.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the
Bight of Benin.
3. (Naut.) The double part of a rope when folded, in
distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil
not including the ends; a loop.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bight
n 1: a loop in a rope
2: a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
3: a broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the
shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"
4: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its
ends)
v : fasten with a bight
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